Pants-Breeches: The movement from the hip

Despite the fact that women began to explore all sorts of things man wardrobe since the beginning of the twentieth century, trousers, breeches for a long time for them to remain something of a taboo. In the ladies fashion, they came in the early eighties, but widespread if not received due to the fact that many of these pants seemed entirely unfeminine, and it was not clear with what they wear. New breath pants breeches gained with the advent of popular dance styles "electric" and "tectonic" - from that moment on their stylishness has no one in doubt.


A first appeared pants-breeches in the XIX century. From 1870 to 1871 continued the Franco-Prussian war, and one of its legendary heroes, the French cavalry general Gaston Auguste Gallifet was seriously wounded in the thigh, in which case it was strongly deformed and curved. Wearing, as usual, tight pants, leggings general could no longer, and for this reason rarely appears in a secular society. But once the French government organized a dance, which Gaston Gallifet just could not not go, the more so because the general hard to persuade it to appear his best friend, Col. Kovenkyur together with his beautiful daughter, Anna-Marie. No matter how unlocked breeches, go after all I had to. All mods French beauty monde were extremely surprised to see the famous warrior in his pants unusual breed: They are freely flows down from the thighs, but tightly encircled the legs from the knee downwards. Anna-Marie in publicly made a general compliment, noting that he is an extremely cut, and in her words was not a drop of flattery. After a while Gaston Auguste breeches and Anne-Marie Kovenkyur celebrate a wedding, a new cut of the pants, general clothed his entire army.

The object of creative searches

In the fashion of the 2010 season pants-breeches are one of these hits, and in 2011, leading designers are not going to exclude them from their collections. And in the men and women locker room this thing has become a true "must-have", and endless experimentation with fashion cut, fabrics and finishes argue that breeches - a fertile topic for creative exploration, and on that basis, you can create a variety of fashionable images.


Breeches love many followers of sports, including cyclists and motorcyclists. These pants match perfectly with many kinds of shoes, they can be conveniently tucked into boots, including a jockey. You can sew breeches of various tissues, including knitwear, denim, velvet, satin, silk, wool. Thin life, and artificial skin, and so on. Length of trousers, breeches can reach as to the ankles and knee. Huge popular shorts and capri's this style. Numerous variants of trousers, breeches showed their collections at fashion houses such as Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabbana, Nina Ricci, Ralph Lauren, Paul & Joe, Christian Dior. Its contribution to the promotion of their making and western celebrities such as Rihanna, Heidi Klum and Gwen Stefani.